Reviews tagging 'Death'

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

50 reviews

enmcurrie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i don’t necessarily know how to feel. very heavy stuff. whether it’s real or not i don’t think is that important. even if it is simply 1970s propaganda about drugs, it definitely tells you a lot about that period of time and the politicisation of drug use. i’m not sure how believable the narrator is as a supposed 15 year old and i’m surprised all her trauma didn’t impact her in more ways than it did. but either way the story is depressing and shows you how all-consuming and difficult addiction can be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death and Eating disorder

spicychicknnugget's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Really felt something when I thought it was a true story. Felt more angry when I realized it was made up and total propaganda to stigmatize already marginalized populations

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

azkollath's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

a really tough read just because of how sad it was but so incredibly good. a first hand account of addiction in a way i haven’t seen portrayed before, and so heartbreaking 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Child death and Death

catell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jennmeadows13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

angel_0930's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

near's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

avadawson's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Total target book (iykyk). Main character doesn't grow, the last 20 pages dragged on and had no plot relevance (

should have ended the book after she left the mental asylum

), tons of potential but fell so hard. It was a quick read that i read in probably 3 hours. The middle was hella interesting and my favorite part. None of the characters were remarkable and the main character was so annoying. Also that epilog pissed me off so badly and was lazy horrible writting.

either commit to the idea of your character having a happy ending or a tragic one, you can't have both?????!!!!

It suck cause the first part was so good and the way the character started her drug abuse was so well crafted but the overall book overshadowed that for me.....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Rape

Minor: Gore

novacoconut's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I have so many mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I loved it. It pulled me in and I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next, and whether she would get her life together. And it was great until the Epilogue. However, I also hated it…some parts were clearly not written by a young girl in her teens, and it took away from the authenticity of the diary. I also didn’t like the way the epilogue ended the book. If left too many questions but not in a cliffhanger type of way, but in a confusing what the heck just happened type of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

krimor's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Grief